Modern Jews also need to change the world because the outside is getting nasty. A worldwide study of Antisemitism was released by the ADL on January 14. The results were frightening: “The survey shows ...

Twins Jacob and Esau started fighting when they were still in their mother’s womb. As Esau was the oldest child, he should have become the leader of Isaac’s “tribe.” But with the help of ...

Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar/Keturah all cried. Isaac and Ishma’el cried, as did Rebekah. Esau and Jacob cried. Rachel cried. The whole book of Genesis broke down in tears. All this hatred.

It rolled to Jacob’s feet (according to the Talmud) or to Isaac his father’s body (according to Targum Yonatan), whereupon Jacob opened his eyes, laughed, and declaimed, “Let the tzaddik ...

Outside the promised land Jews in the biblical age are in danger if they tell the truth. They are at constant risk of being killed or at best enslaved.

The fame of Jesus’ healing and exorcism spreads fast and wide. A quick glance at the map of territories mentioned in the Gospel shows us the diversity of peoples flocking to Jesus. Galilee and Judea, ...

and descend themselves into Adam’s lands [it is time for Jacob to return to Esau-humanity] and bring atonements to that waiting [weighty?] world. How can they do this? Come and see.

Abram has a son named Isaac, and Isaac is the father of Esau and Jacob. Esau, the first-born, sells his birth-right to Jacob, and later Jacob tricks Isaac into giving him the priestly blessing.

Copperplate engraving by Carl Schuler after Raphael, published c. 1850. Jacob blessed Esau (Genesis 27), steel engraving, published in 1841 His father Isaac asked, “Who are you?” “I am your firstborn ...

H. Freeman and Company: New York, 1997). In the middle of the Jacob and Esau story, an odd detail, easily unnoticeable, appears. Isaac notes that “the fragrance of my son [Esau] is like the fragrance ...

Archer Lodge Middle School has announced its Principal’s List and Honor Roll for the first nine weeks of school. Principal’s List Grade 6 – Allhane Agnas, Thomas Anderson, Hannah Apahidean ...